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SAHR Student Essay Contest winners announced

Monday 6th April 2020

The Society for Army Historical Research is pleased to announce the results of the 2019 Schools Essay Prize as follows:

First Prize, to receive £300: Walter Jeremy Kingsley-Filshie (City of London School) ‘Trial by Fire: British Army Centurion Tanks on the Korean Peninsula’ [PDF]

Runner Up, to receive £100: Rosie Knighton (The Leys School) ‘To what extent was Sir Douglas Haig the most successful British theatre commander in the integration of technology into operational planning in the period from the Crimean War to the defeat of Imperial Japan (1853-1945)?’ [PDF]

Both prize winners will also receive a year's membership of the Society. The winning essays can be read by clicking on the PDF links above.

No awards were made in the University category this year.

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